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by Sparrow
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First of all, the Mantis Eye Experiment is one of the best fan sites out there, period. Anyway, here's my rant.

This is probably totally out of place and you can call me on it if this has been stated before, but doesn't the evidence point to Brock being Doc's half brother? I mean, look at a picture of Brock and Jonas Sr. side by side! Giant chests, scrawny legs, and their faces (if not their hair) are nearly identical. It could just be a coincidence that they look so similar but... And then there are other subtle hints. Brock seems pretty adept at fixing complicated devices. In season two Brock wears a James-Bond-ish suit in one episode (Nanny) and in another episode (Mummies) his past self has a snorkel on for some reason, and in season 1 Doc's hallucination of his father was wearing the suit along with the snorkel. Again, coincidence or hint? Was the first "closest thing (he) ever had to a father" Jonas Sr. ? Is Hank so similar to Brock because he is his nephew? Just a guess here...

P.S. I don't think the boys are clones of the Doc and Brock based on their appearance. Even when the Doc was little he still had the same beak-like nose he has now. Dean and Hank seem to share the same womanly (it looks closer to Triana's and other female characters) nose. This could be an indicator that their nose is a feature that they inherited from their mother.

If this is right I'm betting that there are other hints that I haven't picked up. If it's wrong, hey, I'm just an obsessive fan that's dying to know like the rest of us. (I apologize if this post seems like a holier than thou, arrogant super-fan's desperate grab for attention, sorry.) God please give us at least two more seasons!

Jul. 31, 2006, 8:25am

by Mike
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Brock never met Jonas Sr. In Past Tense he tells Rusty that his dad died, and Brock and Rusty had only known each other for a semester or so before Brock got kicked out out school.

As for Hank & Dean, they said in Powerless that they were clones of an original Hank & Dean, but we don't know the origins or mother of them for that matter, only that they're 13th generation clones.

And the nose thing I have noticed, but I'm sure that's just a design decision/style. Like how everyone in the Simpsons has the same nose, or all the kids in South Park have giant heads.

Jul. 31, 2006, 5:29pm

by Zork
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First off, Brock needn't ever have met Jonas Sr. for Jonas to be his dad. Rusty may never meet the child that he conceived with the rave chick in "Powerless..."

Second, as I've said before, Brock hadn't met Jonas Sr. as of the time Jonas "died." But if Jonas Sr. faked his death to become the real president (unlike the fake president mentioned by Hunter in assassinanny) or some other secret government position that would require the world beilve he is dead, then Brock could've easily met Jonas Sr. once he joined OSI.

That also explains "Operation Rusty's Blanket" because otherwise, why would an inept superscientist need special protection? Particularly the protection of an agent of Brock's caliber?

Because his Dad sent his half-brother to protect him, particularly since Jonas Sr. surely knew of Rusty's inadequacies?

I don't know, but I think there's at least more to the Jonas Sr. character then we've been told.

Jul. 31, 2006, 9:16pm

by Mike
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While your assessment of Jonas Sr. is a bit on the conspiracy theory side, the prospect of him faking his own death and still being alive is a pretty interesting one and something I had not even thought of. I think that thing Hunter said about the president was more of a throw-away joke though.

But, anyway, I am just saying, based on what we know now, Brock never met Jonas Sr. and there are an infinite number of possibilities to who could be the closest thing he ever had to a father. Remember that Brock had a partner in OSI who was not Hunter that Molotov killed (the reason he cut out her eye), so it's possible and probably more plausible that this partner (who has not yet been introduced) is Brock's surrogate father figure.

Jul. 31, 2006, 9:40pm

by Armenious XF
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The episode (AssasiNanny911)had for me. It proves the theories that Brock is somehow Hank's father. out of the two supposed brothers. hank has a more muscular body. on the episode, we see that hank has a major crush on Molotov, as does Brock. Aside from the obvious. the blond/yellow hair. On the end of the episode (mummy) Brock screams over the dead/dying body of Hank. Wheres Dean at?

On Asasinnanny again. Hank relates to his mentor "agent Hunter" during the stake out, that he always wanted a family. this, whatever deal he made with Doc Venture, could of been just a loophole to have a family??????????
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BTW, whatever happened to the TVRage link :P

Aug. 1, 2006, 12:42am

by Doc Snoz the conspiracy
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I'd hate to add to the conspiracy theories, but what if Brock is Dr. Venture's son-in-law???We know Brock was raised by a single mother...and it seems to me Brock has more of a connection with Dr. V than just an assignment...I have a feeling that they are blood related....I like the theory about Brock being his long lost brother...I hadn't thought of that...

Aug. 1, 2006, 2:47am

by josh a
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They may need "Operation Rusty's Blanket" because when Jonas Sr. died Dr. V was still in college with lots of potential. No one knew the kind of collosal failure he would turn out to be. He was primed to take over his fathers place in the scientific community. Also, I don't think that the boys had a mother. If Dr. V had actually had a wife or even someone that he had two kids with he would want to keep the boys alive more than he does. As though keeping them alive keeps a piece of his old flame alive...corny yes but it just doesn't make sense for him not to even care if they die if they are his biological children.

Aug. 1, 2006, 8:08pm

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